I accompanied my master
to the Town market
and on the way back
we had to cross a swelling river

A young woman stood there crying
and she knelt before my master
begging him to carry her across;
and with no second thought
he carried her on his back and took her across
the rapid waters

he left her on the other side of the river
and she bowed and went on her way;
and my Master and I went on our ours

But I was not happy
and did not speak
till we stopped to rest, and I blurted out:
You carried a woman across the river
and she clung to your back -
her body close and tight to yours!

And my master said:
*It appears I left her at the river bank
while you still continue to carry the woman